1961 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team

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1961
Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionCollege–Northern Division
Record7–2 (2–0 MAC Northern)
Head coach (12th season)
Captains
  • Bob DeNeef
  • Lou DiBlasi
Home stadiumHofstra College Stadium
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
University
No. 15 Rutgers x 4 0 0 9 0 0
Bucknell 5 2 0 6 3 0
Delaware 3 2 0 4 4 0
No. 5 Lehigh 3 2 0 7 2 0
Gettysburg
2 2 1 3 5 1
Temple 1 2 2 2 5 2
Lafayette 1 5 1 2 6 1
Muhlenberg 0 4 0 2 7 0
College–Northern
Susquehanna
x
6 0 0 8 0 1
Albright
4 0 1 7 0 1
Moravian
4 1 1 4 3 1
Wagner 4 2 0 6 3 0
Lycoming
1 3 1 1 6 1
Wilkes
1 6 0 1 6 0
Hofstra * 2 0 0 7 2 0
Juniata
*
1 2 0 3 4 0
Upsala
*
0 4 0 0 7 0
College–Southern
Lebanon Valley
x
5 1 0 6 1 0
Swarthmore 4 2 0 5 2 0
Western Maryland
4 2 0 7 2 0
Dickinson 5 3 0 5 3 0
Pennsylvania Military
5 3 0 6 3 0
Johns Hopkins 2 3 1 3 4 1
Ursinus
2 5 0 2 5 0
Drexel 1 5 1 2 5 1
Haverford 0 6 1 0 6 1
West Chester
*
0 0 0 7 2 0
Franklin & Marshall * 0 3 0 1 7 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1961 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team was an American football team that represented Hofstra College during the 1961 NCAA College Division football season. Hofstra had one of the better records in the Middle Atlantic Conference, College–Northern Division, but was ineligible for the championship.

In their 12th year under head coach Howard "Howdy" Myers Jr., the Flying Dutchmen compiled a 7–2 record, and outscored opponents 168 to 41. Pete Carew, Dick Cooney and Tim Gannon were the team captains.[1]

Hofstra was one of three teams in the MAC Northern Division that finished the year undefeated in conference play. The other two, Susquehanna and Albright, finished in first and second place, but Hofstra was excluded from title contention. Conference rules required teams to play at least five games against opponents from the MAC's two "college" divisions, and Hofstra only played two. Three of its games were against MAC University Division members (Delaware, Gettysburg and Temple), but these did not count as conference games.

The Flying Dutchmen played their home games at Hofstra College Stadium in Hempstead on Long Island, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 at
Lycoming
W 20–7 800 [2]
October 7 at
Upsala
W 44–0 3,000 [3]
October 14 No. 5 Delaware*
W 14–0 4,700 [4]
October 21
Merchant Marine
*
No. 8
W 8–7 5,000 [5]
October 28 at Temple* No. 7 L 12–14 6,500 [6]
November 4
Gettysburg
*
No. 20
  • Hofstra College Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
L 6–7 2,900 [7]
November 11 Rhode Island*
  • Hofstra College Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
W 12–0 4,233–5,000 [8][9]
November 18
Springfield
*
W 28–0 [10]
November 23
C.W. Post
*
  • Hofstra College Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
W 24–6 7,700 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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References

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  12. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 18, 2022.